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Leather Naturally announces management changes

Published: July 27, 2022

Industry organisation Leather Naturally has announced its changes to the Management Board and Supervisory Council after a member vote.

Deforestation problem is leather’s weak link

Published: July 1, 2021

On April 14 the Rainforest Foundation Norway published a report “Driving deforestation: The European automotive industry’s contribution to deforestation in Brazil”, in which it accuses carmakers and Groupe Renault of contributing to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by sourcing leather from Brazilian tanners.

The difference between success and failure for industrial leather parks

Published: April 27, 2021

In ILM’s new column ‘Against the grain’, Sam Setter shares his views on the issues affecting the leather industry around the world. His first piece examines the problems that have prevented leather parks to live up to expectations and become the beacons of tanning communities around the world.

Talking Point

Published: April 6, 2021

This month’s key industry players answer the question: How can we encourage younger generations to buy garments, leather goods and footwear made with leather?

Indian leather sector looks to return to growth

Published: February 3, 2020

PR Aqeel Ahmed, Chairman, India Council for Leather Exports (CLE), says he expects the Indian leather and leather products industries will grow by around 5% in 2020 after exports fell in value terms in the last fiscal year. Ahmed was speaking during the first full day of the 35^th India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai on February 1.

Leather Naturally urges industry stakeholders to unite and promote leather

Published: December 6, 2018

Responding to an increasing demand by leather stakeholders, the Leather Naturally initiative is to create “a state-of-the-art multimedia platform” to actively engage with consumers. It is also seeking further support from the industry to fund the campaign.

Volkswagen expands SUV production in Brazil

Published: April 4, 2018

The German automotive manufacturer has confirmed an investment to modernise and extend its production plant located in São José dos Pinhais, Brazilian state of Parana.

New cogeneration power plant opens at Rino Mastrotto Group

Published: May 4, 2016

The Italian Group’s new power plant will produce both electrical and thermal energy from natural gas, greatly reducing the environmental impact and representing an important competitive advantage for the tannery Group.

Male domination in the leather industry

Published: July 14, 2015

I was reading a recent article by Esha Chhabra in Forbes magazine about an Australian leather handbag company. It was one of those initially annoying articles where a clever bit of PR is dressed up as something new, promoting this particular range of handbags as ethical because the production is small and the tannery has an effluent plant.

ILM continues to be the go-to place for digital content

Published: March 24, 2015

The March-April 2015 edition of ILM is now ready to download on to your tablet or smartphone device for Apple and Android users and features a market-leading 92 pages of leather industry content with a number of special digital features for App users.